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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27
POstmasterinG the Press.
Ocala Banner.

Ocala Banner.
The New York World has called at
tention TO the fact OF the large number
Of editors being appointed postmasteFs
by President Cleveland. The editor Of
the Cleveland CO.. Plain Dealer. has 70.
Gently been appointed postmaster OF that
city. The editorial brotherhood IN this
State has been loaded with similar hon.
ors. Mr.. Clark, of.the Jackson Vile Her.
aid, Ii postmaster at Jacksonville, and
MIR. Harrison, Of the Palatka NEWS, -
postmaster at Palatka. The distinc.
tiOn," says the World, that secured Mr..
Armstrong, OF the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, the position OF posmaster of
Cleveland, "was undoubtedly that of .
'red-hOt' Democratic partisan editor"
The esteemed World il inclined TO think
that this is offensive partnership" and
is afraid that il will have q tendency to
make Civil Service Reform ridiculous.
But it ought not to. An editor, who has
the true conception Of his position b
never q partisan. He 10 above and be-
yOnd the narrow Futs of parties and g.
pecialiy should he be SO in the perform
ance Of official and public duty. Our idea
of Civil Service Reform 10 not 20 much
that man is partisan, 90 that he per-
form his duty AZ an officer, but that his
politics Is not to be considered. II he -
q partisan Democrat, all right; IL he u .
partisan Republican. all right. His poll
ii cs ought not to interfere with his APP
pOintment. For instance, il Mr.. Har-
rison resigns his cffice Tomorrow. his
first assistant. il competent, should step
into his place, without any inquiry - to
his politics. and 50 on of all the officers
under the Government. That ia our idea
Of true Civil Service Reform.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27

diately Taught that impunity does not
await sucho work.
A commisSee Of gentlemen who are
not experts but honest, have no difficulty
in getting at the truth by talking to old
settlers or looking as the marks Of high
water on the trees-engineers who are
experts fail to get at the truth and the
State loses q million acres through their
ignorance Are we wrong in charging
that fraud OF collusion and robbery exist
when such state Of things il possible?
The facts are too plain and strong, the
State has lost one million acres and has
received nothing in return-the work of
the Drainage Company is ''entirely in
sufficient" and not one acre has been per-
manently reclaimed, in the opinion Of the
commissioners. The task Of excuse and
apology was undertaken by the jackson
vile Neps and Times UniOn-the facts
were too much for them and they are
now silent on this subject. Will the
Journal also be silent?
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27

The importance OF the locality, the ap
probation OF the people, and the GUS
tanned ability Of its editorial and business
management are the elements of success
which made the Palatka DAILY News an
established institution from it, beginning.
It's prosperity and reputation COM
bine to justify its new departure in ven-
turing upon metropolitan Journalism in
the costly feature of taking the dispatches
Of the Associated Press 1t q very heavy
cost therefor. with other expenses Incl
dental, for the paper must be enlarged,
and additional force employed in edito>
rial and mechanical departments. The
enterprise Of the proprietors should be re-
warded, and-we doubt not will be, for
they have q vide field Of business and
usefulnsss In all the Peninsula south Of
them. to which THE NEws can give the
news from all the world ahead Of any
other daily.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27
IL WOn't York.
Gainesville Record.

The Times Union ID trying to get up q
scare among the people by stating that
there u q doubt II Lieut.. Governor Ma
bry succeeding Mr.. Perry 10 the guber-
material chair in the event OF the latter
Rentleman's election to the U. 8. Senate.
There mot the slighest reason % fear such
. thing. This 10 Bloxham capital. Incl
dentally the T.-U. would work Biloxi
hams name in here, and tell the people
to let Perry remain ut home to prevent
. confess about the GU bernatorial chair.
When Gov. Perry is elected u. 8. Sen
ator, - he will be. Lieut.. Gov. Mabry
will be Governor OF Florida. II the
never hll the place intended for Gov.
Perry.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27

/ Il ID not often that Palatka submits to
~ lead of her sister cities, but our long
Slk about drive has been fruitless OF
sult. While Jacksonville has already
bpointed a committee of her citizens
I'd work Ia begun, cannot We do like
-? Every interest in town would be
nefited by the construction of . drive
hich would enable our visitors TO enjoy
X beautiful surroundings and zee some
ling of the country in our neighbor-
Od. At present we have no public
Khway save the river, and many dis
y 70 travel on the water save In large
bamer. A shell road might be quickly
"a cheaply made.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27
We Stand Corrected.

To Mr.. Harrison, Editor Psiatka News;
We are not ASHAMED" Of voting for c.
h. jones for president of the State Press
Association at the last meeting. Il 10
jones of whom we are ashamed. We
have no respect for the devil. but would
vote for thar individual IL he could be Of
service to our State in such perilous times
as existed when We voted for jones. We
would do it upon the same principle that
you would vote for q "bob- tailed yaller
dog" when nominated By the Democratic
party.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27
No Mfddlemen.

Even the Senate is waking mp sufii-
GENTLY to see that the people have had
enough Of them on the old lines. The
themselves superior to the people, and
have too often made Of themselves q
power seeking the good Of other clients
than their constituents. They should
learn that their body is part of the ma
chine Of popular government, not an
imperium in imperiO. This is amply
shown in the following. taken from the
reports:
Senator Van Wyck then called up his
resolution providing for the election Of
of Senators directly by the people. In
supporting his resolution Mr.. Van Wyck
said that the Senate originally wanted to
keep down the disturbances OF the De-
mocracy. and it had succeeded in keep
ing down the turbulence Of the people in
their demands for redress of grievances.
Experience was showing that legislators
were controlled in Senatorial elections
by Establishment and lucrs. The neces-
sity for q change was strikingly mani
tested by the recent conduct of the
Legislatures of New Jersey, West Vir-
ginia, Indiana and Nebraska. Corpora
irons ruled the roost
He predicted that . serious crisis was
approaching the people. THE toilers, !"
he said, twill be arraigned against their
oppressors. Capital now, il defiance Of
the Constitution and laws. can demand
the payment of debts in gold only. An
upheaval Of labor can be repressed by in
dictments and fine, or imprisonment for
conspiracy; three-fourths Of the farms Of
the country are mortgaged. and produ-
GERS, owing to inimical monopoly and
combinations, reap little benefit from
their labOrs. Additions of wealth are
largely to those who count possessions
BY thousands and millions, and labor
must return thanks for the privilege of
barely living. The Democracy carried
slavery, fell and almost perished; the
Republican party has carried monster
corporations equally as unrelenting and
exacting and are reeling, stumbling and
falling with the terrible load"
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THE DAILY NEWS.

IMn DAILY NEWS = publtshed evsRy norm
lnR. except Monday, and delivered BY carriers
= the city, or mailed postage free, for 70 cento
= Month, S1.5O for three month";, Sa-S0 for stx
m0nfh9, or IS Per annum-
Tn WEExLY NEWS 3 an epage Ge-cslumn
PAPER published every Friday, containing
al the news OF the week. local and general. 10
oubIished In Florida, and viii be nailed post
40 free for q year, or 70 cents Tor etx
Local soveFtisemenGs 70 cents Per line for
nrpt insertion and 10 cents per line for each Id
aiti0nal insertion. Special notices 10 cents per
Hn1. Reduced rates on continued sdverttss-
W6nts.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
avery month. Local apiverttsements due 1t
Inserted.
All remittances should be made BY express.
0Ouey-Order or regisfered lettey
Address, THE NEWS
YALATKA. fLOnIDA.
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China Crockery Glass, Tin and Willow Ware, Toys, Etc.
INTERLACHEN NOTES.
INTERLAcHEN, Feb. 25, lSs

Special Correspondence Palatka NEWS.
III. Friedlander shipped yesterday so
quarts Of Strawberries from the straw
berry farW of g. A. Casweli. Mr.. G..
thus far has picked more berries than all
others combined.
The tableaux presented by the Inter-
lachen Literary Club on their Longfellow
night were q success.
Orange and all other trees and vegeta-
bles are suffering from the drought.
Mrs. Woodbury. will lecture before the
lnterlachen Literary Club on Thursday
evening next for the benefit OF Interla-
chen Academy. Subject, Sketches OF
Travel in the Holy Land"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27
BroOkayille NeMa.

THE PALATKA DAILY News, having
Sc cured the Associated Press dispatches,
will at once enlarge to nine columns and
hereafter appear in new type throughout.
1t is an excellent paper. ably edited and
its prog ress and prosperity, and we trust
that it will receive abundant patronage.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27

The Pslatka DAILY NEWS announces
to the public that it has secured the tele
graphic service Of the Associated Press,
and will hereafter contain full foreign
and domestic reports from the most
trustworthy sources. The NEWS will
now be enlarged to an eight column
out. We congratulate our entesprising
contemporary ON this additional evidence
OF prosperity.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27
Leesburg Commercial.

THE PALATKA DAILY News has Sc
cured the press reports and will hereafter
furnish its readers with the latest tele-
graphic rews of the world. BY this
means THE News puts itself on . foot
ing with the metropolitan dailies and
lays the foundation for future greatness.
As to whether it will ever become "the
great and good" PALATKA NEWS is yet
to be demonstrated. We wish it sue
cess.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27
9 ehlng Will he the Matter.
Alta California.

Henry George says:
"Boomi and an awful shadow of dread
falls On afaxsWeseesn city. Shall We keep
On playing that nothing i the mattes?'
No, henry, We shall not. Snap, jerk!
u9gle-Guggle. kick and struggle, and OF
swings dynamiter who discovers that
aomethinG = the matter with the scoun-
drels who propose murder ~ means of
reforming society.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27


IF . man today believed in the old
idea Of hell" said Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher Sunday, che would be regarded
. ut candidate for the lunatic asylum.
He must give up either his Christ or his
hell. Man can only be saved BY the vol
unsary suffering of love, and that 10 not
consistent with the idea OF q revenge
ful God. He'll has been pretty much
left out Of the Bible in its revised State.
Shool and Hades have taken it's place.
This does not do away with the idea Of
future punishment. I believe in that.
But the old methods and machinery
have been pretty generally given up"
In speaking OF John the Baptise Mr..
Beecher aid that his teaching was The
same in tone - the teaching Of Jesus.
But John did not rise above his atmos-
pheEe and Jesus did. John compared to
Chris4 vas like the alphabet in compar-
isoa with the whole literature. Chrias
preached rspentsnce; End repeotance in
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27

The British lion should howl IN terror
over the news that ingalls, u President OF
the Senate. Won't he twist the tail Of
the old beast il he gets q chance!
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27
Our City Election

Probably we shall never see . better
nnicipal council than that composed Of
~ present incumbents. They are all
|hnipes- men, all intimately connected
sentiment and interest with the
vth and prosperity u Palatka. But
ne OF our aldermen refuse to serve
hin sud all lack aggressiveness and
|sgnistency. The man for the time IL one
no will probably make many mistakes
"a may incur q load of censure. but for
that he will earn our gratitude and
work will be appreciated when his
Inders are forgotten.
hoiujsction Of politics into our local
- has always been deprecated BY
best citizens, irrespective Of par
Affiliations. A determined effort
made one year ago to secure uuan-
81 and concentration OF our best
neuts, but it sienally failed. II the
snt feeling continues all attempts at
Anixation must cease. What IL the
of conventions IL the decisions bind
ody7 Why make a nomination when
Who vote for the candidate in the
ntion repudiate him at the polls2
great curse Of local politics in the
cities OF the country comes from
urchasable voter. The custom Of
Il votes, once established, never
cessation, and only the interested
late resorts to such means 10 Sc
is election. The best element of
population becomes disgusted, and
2ce ceases to become an honor.
ass election this baneful appeal
Iorst passions OF the ignorant or
openly made. and long step
Jog q path which al experience
m have but one goal. II We
ke car city what It should be.
npwn on all such demoral-
pcies and do all in our
gre the cooperation of
desire the true good of
nifty.
~ tocrats desert their candi-
cause, alter q nomination
}sisted to make, Il does not
4: Amocratic Journal 10 advise
q. easures most likely TO secure
1--WE have in view. But we
hsnind our citizens that intelli
Operation and earnest work for
mon good was never more
In ut this time. We are ready
" proposition which prom
land trusts to no unworthy
triumphant conclusion.
.sthoee who have vide influ-
n a great interests among us,
" decide on some method or
9 Of harmonizing the diverse
waiting qualification to res
mmou strength from decay.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27
Hints About Florida,

The Philadelphia Times has done much
for our State, but nothing better than the
following from the heart Of q long cdr
torial. has ever appeared in it's columns ::
81 But the great field for profitable in
vestment and employ ment in Florida, is
for the actual settler who goes there to
that class, Florida ia vastly more invit-
ing than the West, because less land and
less labor and less outlay will produce
more profitable crops than can be pro-
duced in the most favored sections Of the
West; that attracts settlers Of small
means. Twenty acres wisely located in
Florida, make bigger and better farm
than one hu ndred acres in either Penn
sylvania or Kaneas. The climate is
healthy; the extremes of temperature
seldom vary more than from 40 to 80
degrees; the cost of living il one-half
less than in the West: tbs bountiful pro-
ducts Of the garden are never interrupted
by the seasons; the cheap food grown by
the settler ls the freshest and most
healthy OF any section, and q crop fail
ure b only the loss OF one Of the three OF
four crops annually produced. But the
settler can be easily cheated and doomed
10 helpless poverty in Florida a. well -
elsewhere, II he shall go there without
A0OWbuk Wn8I ne - 8OOOts
He should buy no Florida land with
out first seeing and knowing all about
Il; ITS capabilities; It's healthfulness; its
facilities for reaching markets, etc. Any
man OF ordinary intelligence and indus-
ny, can safely 60 to Florida to make il
bic home; but when there, his home
should be located only after careful ex-
animation Of the hundreds Of localities
which invite him to settlement. The
facilities are excellent for travel 70 all
the newly developed lands down the pr
ninsula, and . week or two devoted TO
the examination Of successful comnuni>
ties would intelligently and safely guide
the settler IN the choice Of o home.
Once wisely selected, he can sit down
with his family on his little farm Of ten,
twenty or forty acres. with entire conf
dence in abundance Of healthful diee
and well rewarded labor. A comforta-
BILE house for that climate will cost leso
than the stable necessary to protect .
COW in our Northern winters, and there
y no place where well chosen land will
50 rapidly grow in value with the same
labor and expenditure. Il ie settlers,
not SPECTATORS, that Florida needs, and
our half-starved settlers Of the thin,
bleak hills Of Pennsy lvania need Flor
ida quite a. bad as Florida needs them.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27

II m AROsORhDSs
{ al our State exchanges. the
journal now stands forth to
apology for the Okeechobee
Eaud. Ii pleads the baby-act
y engineers whose reports
Abbery possible and thinks
have been deceived. In that
broog il excused under the
but these officers Who &C.
for their services - experts
nselves a. frauds by the pre-
y the plea.
true that the officers Of the
mighs be deceived BY the fall
na1nninADsssBs0U q dry
=. they might b dsluded b
,psst their bitches bad drained
Iw0illion acres Of ovesnowed
= granting this. why should
gOt the heart OF Orange county
Aetg n land, and leave % the
6hef tracts which arc sub
ring the wet months? II the
Officers ere the frauds and the
| q the company only block
lsnds win b Immediately
- % the Ssate. II The com-
perpstrated . robbery foe which
: rsfused Il must b imns-
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W.J.W E BIB
Real Estate and Insurance,
Grill Block, p. O. Building, Palatkal
City Lots, Town Lots, Orange Groves. and Wild
Lands for Sale.

REPRESENTING
p The ATNA Of Hartford, Conn.
The HARTFORD, Of Hartford, Conn.
The PBGNlx, Of Hartford, Conn.
SPRINGFIELD, ?. and NJ, Of Springfield, Mass.
NIAGARA, Of New York.
PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON, Of Providence, RI
LIVERPOOL 4 LONDON & GLOBE, Of Liverpool England
NORTH BRITISH 4 MERCANTILE Of London and Edinburgh.
IMPERIAL Of London, England.
WESTERN ASSURANCE Of Toronto Canada.
TRAVELLERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Hartford, Conn.,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27

DAYLIGHT LINE.
The Daylight steamers Sylvan Glen and
Anita. of the DELAY Baya MeTchants' Line,
viii commence running between Paatka,
Sanford and Enterprise, Monday. January "a.
1851, a. follows:
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-27
Two OF Mrs Cleveland's Admi ers
From the Milwaukee Sentinel

from the milwaukee Sentlnei.
1t is one of the rigidest rules in all the
social economy Of the capital that the
wife of the President shall not accept at
tentiOn from any gentleman outside of
the cabinet, but Mrs. Cleveland is tramp
ling on that rule. She goes out to ride
with Mr.. w. w. COrcoran, the venerable
philanthropist, who recently celebrated
his Seth birthday, and has been q guest
at his house. The other morning she and
Mr.. Corcoran, rode out to Oak View, the
President's country place, and spent a
couple Of hours with Mrs. Folsom. The
Presidents bride has no warmer admirer
than the old gentleman, who seems
unable to adequately express his admira-
ton.
She has another attentive follower in
the person of George Bancroft, who
seems TO be Mr.. Corcoran's rival. He
has not been out to ride with her SO often.
but keeps sending her flowers. Mr.. Ban
croft's hobby is roses. He invents them
and has given several to the world of
flowers. The young fellows look with
envy on the liberties these gallants are
taking. but all attentions to the Presi-
dent's wife are barred to gentlemen less
than eighty years old.
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its truest sense meant the complete
changing of q man. Repentance WAS
the base and heart Of the whole rell-
zion.
ssIt il an education" said the preacher,
'tfor q man TO repent faults and become
completely changed, as he would II he
truly repented. There 10 no grander
sight than TO see a man stop a course Of
evil and say farewell to it, and then start
out in . different direction to go for
ward to all that is great and noble and
good. No man ought to be suddenly
converted unless he has been living on
the lower plane of his basilar, animal
nature. Such . man changes his mode
Of life because he fears that he will go
to hell and be damned.
II q man can't be held by any other
element than fear let him be held by
that. Such q man would begin a new
life by giving up the vice Of swearing,
and would tell no more Ines in hrs bust
mess than was absolutely necessary.
Laughter. He has not gone very far.
but he has laid good foundation"
To illustrate the different methods OF
Christians, Mr.. Beecher said: IF you
start . worm, an eagle, q horse and a
tortoise from New York to Pennsylvania.
fly, the horse would walk and the tor
toise would crawl, but they would get
there Just the same. Laughter.
Repentance could not be done up by
Wholesale, but must be repeated over
ana over again all through life.
Young Mr.. Vest Won the Jack Pot.
Lathrop Monitor
Years ago Senator Vest, when a young
man, occasionally INDUCED in the fasci-
mating game called draw poker. q game
which we know is thoroughly under
stood in all its details in Clinton County,
Mo-, more especially Lathrop. Well,
once on q time Vest had tried a case in a
little county seat, and received a large
fee for clearing his man. So much
money in the hands of the young lawyer
WAS as tempting to the denizens as a cool
watermelon to a hungry negro. The re-
suit was, q game of poker was gotten up.
The boys iptepds d to fleece Vest, and OF
course stocked the cards. They had no
place TO play in but little shed that had
no floor but some fresh dry wheat straw.
II was a five-handed game, and a dry
goods box served as table. 1t happened
to be q jack pot, and Vest opened it on
three queens. The cards being fixed, the
other fellows had better hands, and of
course Iaised before the draw. Vest
stood the raise and drew two cards. As
luck would have it, he got the other
queen. The betting commenced and
grew exceedingly warm. They would
raise the young lawyer and he would see
them and 60 q little better. An outsider,
who stood in with the gang, looked over
Vests shoulder and saw what a formula
bic hand he had. He held up four fingers,
shook his head. and in other WAYS tried
to warn his friends. But to no purpose.
He saw that Vest would break the crowd,
80 he lit q match and set the straw
floor on fire and told them to run for
dear life. That cool head which serves
him % well now, and which never let's
him become ratified, did not desert him
then. With one hand he raked in the
Doodle, with the other he exhibited his
lovely queens, and, rs he went out of the
door, with his coat tail on fire, he said:
"Let her burn; the pot is mine."
~ n
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DoBAKY.BAYA
Merchants and Peoples Lines.

Il WOULD RESPECTFULLY CALL YOUR
y attention to the proposed change Of sched-
ube Of steaners. to iake effect Thursday. Jan
uaFy ., 1c07:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-05-27
Ayes. Montlgei, Pnlfrey, Hawkins

Ayes. Montigel, Pnfrey, Hawkins
aud smith. Nays, o. Absent, ,.
On motion said ordinance was adopt
ed TO stand aS ordinance No. 4, as fol-
lows:
Ayes, Nontigcl, Pulfrey, Hawkins,
Smith :. Nays, %. Absent, >.
An ordinance relative to the public
hrul,h presented and ou motion passed
to It's first reading.
ON motion the consent ~ the council
Was given that said ordinance be pass
ed 90 It's sccond and final reading, as
follows:
Ayes, Montgel, pulfrey, Hawkins
and smith 4, Nays. q. Absent, >.
On motion said ordinance was adopt
ed to stand as ordinance No. -, as fol-
lows:
Ayes. Montigcl, Pulfrey, Hawkins
and Smith (. Nays. o. Absent. >.
On motion the committee on ways
and means instructed TO present csti-
mate OF the amounts necessary iOl
village purposes fol ensuing year.
Council adjourned.
b. =. WEBB. Pres.
\. lEHI%GgON. Clerk.